Education in the

New Milieu






Information and Communication Technology and
Education

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)- consist of
the hardware, software, network media for the collection,
storage processing, transmission and presentation of
information (via text and images), as well as related services.
(World Bank).
Become a personalized commodity and the environment we
are operating in is more and more based on information and
communication technology.
Also been a driving force for globalization, but it ha also
divided the world into those who have not information rich
and information poor (Dutton et al., 1996)
According to Williams (1997), technology can be seen
merely as a social product rather than a technology which is
separate from society
(1999) these global processes can be understood only from
co-existence of the uncontrollable economic development,
its cultural consequences and the policy-based development
related to these phenomena

Increasing access through distance learning.
Enabling a knowledge network for students.
Training teachers.
Broadening the availability of quality education materials.
Enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of educational
administration and policy.



How does ICT in Education Initiatives
Contribute to the Millennium
Development Goals?
The
Global Curriculum
Teachers and students exploring the internets educational
possibilities are termed internauts trailblazers on this
new educational frontier not limited by distance or national
boundaries. global education